Art of printing fabrics



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F. 'L. PALMER.

ART OF PRINTING FABRIOS.

No. 280,075. Patented June 26,1883.

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P. L. PALMER.

ART OF PRINTING FABRICS. N0. 280 075 Patented June 26, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicl'j.

FRANK In; PALMER, OF NEIV LONDON. CONNECTICUT.-

ArtT 0F PRINTING FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,075, dated June 26,1883.

Application filed January 5, 1883.

ing Fabrics, of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates more especially to the printing of fabrics for themanufacture of goods which require two widths of fabric and a border ateach edge of the goods, or, in other words, at the outeredges only ofthe two widths of fabric, which are united to make the goods, and not atthe inner edges of the two widths of fabric which are sewed together. Tothis class of goods belong bed comfortables and bordered quilts. Ofcourse the fabric might be printed by one printing-roller or set ofrollers with a border portion at one end of the roller, and two widthsof fabric so printed sewed together at those edges which are withoutborders; but in such case one width of fabric would be reversed inposition relatively to the other, the borders being of course alsoreversed, and nothing but a geometrical border design, or a design whichwould presentthe same appearance when looked upon from either direction,could be used.

Heretofore the only way known for printing single-bordered fabrics formanufacturing goods of the kind above described with aborder at eachedge has been to use two entirely separate printing-rollers or sets ofrollers with a border at one end, one of the fabrics to form half of thegoods being printed by one roller or set of rollers, and the otherfabric to form the other half of the goods being printed by the otherroller or set of rollers. This involves the expense of engraving thewhole length of two rollers, which cost about three dollars each. v

The object of my invention is to enable both the above-described fabricsto be printed from a single roller or set of rollers, and to produceupon the outer edge of one fabric a righthand border and on the outeredge of the other fabric a left-hand border, both borders ofcorresponding pattern running in the same direction, and I am enabled todo this by the use of a roller which costs but little more thanan or- Nomodel.)

dinary printing-roller, and far less than two rollers, one provided witha border at one end and the other with a border at the other end.

The invention, briefly stated, consists in a novel arrangement ofpatterns on a single roller for printing two pieces of fabric of thekind above described, and in presenting the two pieces of fabric todifferent portions of the roller in the act of printing, I provide aroller of a length at least the width of the border greater than thewidth of the fabric, and on such roller I engrave the body-pattern inthe middle and border-pattern at each end. In printing, instead ofpresenting the two pieces of fabric to the same portion of the roller, Ipresent them to different portions-that is, I print one piece of fabricwith the body or central portion and one border or end portion of theroller, and I. print the other fabric with the body or central. portionand the other border or end portion of the roller. In this way I amenabled to print the two fabrics as cheaply and as perfectly as if twoseparate rollers or sets of rollers were employed, and I save the e.\'-pense of making the additional roller or set of rollers, which wouldotherwise be necessary.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a piece 'of goodscomposed of two fabrics printed according to my invention and suitablefor use in making a quilt or comfortable. Fig. 2 represents one of thefabrics of which the goods are formed, and a printingroller showing theposition of the fabric rela tively to the roller whileprinting; and Fig.3 represents the other fabric and the roller, showing the position ofthat fabric relatively to the roller while printin I Similar letters ofreference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The goods shown in Fig. lare composed of two pieces or widths of f;brie, A A, sewed to gether at a, and having at their outer edges bordersB B, but having no borders at their inner or connected edges. Theprinting-roller shown in Figs. 2 and 3 comprises two border portions, 0G, and an intermediate body portion, C The roller is made at least asmuch longer than the width of the fabric as the width of either borderportion 0 or C, and when ap plied or presented to the roller the fabricA or A will cover the body portion 0 and one border portion 0 or 0thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I11 printing I present the fabric A to the roller, as shown in Fig. 2,so that it covers the body portion C and one or the left-hand bor derportion, 0, of the roller. The body portion and border B of the fabric Awill therefore be printed by the body portion and border portion 0 ofthe roller.

I present the fabric A to the roller so as to cover the body portion Cand the right-hand border portion, 0, thereof. The body portion andborder 13 of the fabric A will therefore be printed by the body portionand border portion 0 of the roller.

The only increase in the cost of making the roller shown over theordinary roller, with a border portion at one end only, is the expenseof making the extra border portion, and is inconsiderable compared withthe cost of an entire extra roller.

This invention is also applicable to the printing of fabrics forcurtains in which one of a pair requires the border on the right-handedge and the other on the left-hand edge, and it is applicable generallyto all goods which may require a right and left hand border, whether thegoods are to be used single width, as for curtains, or double width, asfor quilts.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The improvement in the art of printing fabrics for the purpose hereindescribed, consisting in providing a printing-roller having a borderportion at each end, the length of the roller being at least the widthof one border portion greater than the width of the fabrics, and inprinting one piece of fabric from the body portion and one borderportion of the roller, and another piece of fabric fronr'the bodyportion and the other border portion of the roller, substantially asherein set forth.

FRANK L. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

H. A. BAKER, F. L. ALLEN.

